Hell, that's not bad. A fender, hood, headlight, and front bumper for the Miata came to close to $5k.
its hard to forge soda cans you know...
not so sure this is your problrm but, if you coat ea o ring in a light film of motor oil they go on and seat real easy...mine have been on for 6 yrs no leaks...just a thoughtwell found a few vac leaks...by the injector O rings, of course
i hate those dam things, attempted to clean out the where the o rings go, and applied a little grease to the o rings
helped on the ones that were leaking but now some of the other ones are leaking now, damittttt!
i gave up, its better then it was, I was about to put the turbosmart boost tee on too,
but i ran out of steam and i need to get my bike inspected today
not so sure this is your problrm but, if you coat ea o ring in a light film of motor oil they go on and seat real easy...mine have been on for 6 yrs no leaks...just a thought